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Saturday, December 20, 2014

My Favorite 10-mins Ab Workout

If you have read my previous post on my workout schedule http://stayfitandtravel.blogspot.hk/2014/11/my-daily-schedule-workouts-and-diet.html, you would see that I sometimes squeeze in a mini Abs workout on the days that I am not doing Kayla's abs workouts. Most of these mini Abs workouts last for 10 minutes but occasionally when I feel like I want to do more (maybe after a day of cheat meals LOL) I would do a 15/20 minutes ab workouts by mix-and-match-ing some of my favorite abs exercises. These short Abs workout sessions are also great when you are having a super busy and packed day with no time to hit the gym/ do a full BBG workout.

1. Plank2. Legs Circles3. Starfish Crunch4. Oblique Crunch5. Reach Throughs6. Weighted Toe Taps (8kg)7. The Roll8. Full Body Sit Up9. Straight Leg Sit Up Twist10. V-CrunchesI learned most of these Abs workouts from https://www.youtube.com/user/XFitDaily and also Kayla's BBG - and basically I just mix and match them myself so I would be doing a different set of Abs workout everyday! You can take a look at the youtube videos if you are wondering how to do some of the exercises (:

Hope you find this post useful - stay tuned to more fitness posts by subscribing to my blog!Emi xx@stayfitandtravel

10 comments:

Hi Emi. I came across your acct via Kayla's IG. You are such an inspiration! Good job for all your hardwork. I am on Week 8 of Kayla's program but no progress. Is it common for you to feel bloated during this period? I feel my body like got bigger. :( I know rest is essential in ensuring further progress. How often do you rest?

Hello girl! I have one rest day per week (but sometimes I still workout too I am too active hahahaha) but it really depends on each person! bear in mind dont over exhaust yourself. For me I actually never paid too much attention to bloating I was not sure (because I only looked at my progress once a week when I had to take the progress photo and because it was always in the morning before I ate anything, I also felt like I looked good hahahahahaha sorry for being so shameless ;p) but do you feel like your body got bigger cuz of fat or muscle? You can alwasy increase your cardio for it (: I did increase one LISS per week from Week 6- Week 8 xx

U really look good! Nothing to be shameless about. :) Thanks for the info. I feel i got bigger cuz of muscles. So how many times of cardio you do from week 6 to 8? Generally i eat pretty clean 80-20 but sometimes i feel fat! :( merry xmas, Emi! Thanks for your response.

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